VERSION|0.5.1|SUBJECT|Rev Dr Michael Banner, Dean and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge   |CONTENT|[b]Rating[/b] 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

[url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap130704.html][img=images/2013/07/pic130704.jpg popup=false float=right][/url]Fugitives from justice used to be able to seek sanctuary within the walls of a church. Now they are afforded similar sanctuary in the extra-territorial area of an [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23165992]international airport[/url].

I expect Edward Snowden will spend much of his time saying the Invisible Magic Friend's Prayer: forgive us our whistle-blowing. But never forget, there is another part of the Invisible Magic Friend's Prayer, as we forgive those who blow the whistle on us. We are all sinners in the eyes of the NSA and GCHQ.

This was something that Saint Augustine would remind magistrates of when pleading for mercy for his clients. "My client may be a thief, a liar and a rapist, but you too are a bunch of filthy sinners." It inevitably went down well and accounts for the great clemency that was always shown to his clients.

Yes, as always, the Invisible Magic Friend's Prayer offers the basis of conflict resolution, just as it has done so many times in the past.

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